I don't see how WMA could be different. Bitrate is "bits per second". There's no way around it. If you have x bits, in y seconds, then you have a bitrate of x/y bits per second.

The only oddity I can think of is that sometimes (or most times, or something) the container overhead is not used in the bitrate. So the file may be a tad bit bigger than the result of the above calculation. Container overhead tends to be really small, so it's nothing to worry about.

So yes, every listening test of codecs at the same bitrate are also at the same file size (for a given file). I assume you don't mean the same file size no matter the time duration. That would be a bit odd...

so if file size follows that rule then if two formats are in the same bitrate would use the same space?if thats so then what is the real use of compresion?(it sounds kinda dumb but it eludes me) essentiela wouldnt all formats be the same?(dont hate me im just asking cause i dont usually make listening tests)

so if file size follows that rule then if two formats are in the same bitrate would use the same space?if thats so then what is the real use of compresion?(it sounds kinda dumb but it eludes me) essentiela wouldnt all formats be the same?(dont hate me im just asking cause i dont usually make listening tests)

If the compression were lossless ( like ZIP or FLAC or something ), then yes. But the kind of compression you're talking about is lossy. This means that you will not get the same value from the output that you put into the input.

For something like knowledge based content, this would be very bad, but for media compression where small degredations in visual or audio quality are allowable, it's a useful thing. However, most people would prefer to preserve as much quality as possible at a given compression ratio though, which is where quality differences in codecs come into play. Some are better at which parts of the original they throw out than others.

Edit:

This is why Roberto's tests are designed to test the quality of a codec at a given bitrate. For lossy codecs, where quality is dynamic, this is the kind of thing you want to test.

Size based comparisons only make sense if the quality is static, like if you're using a lossless codec such as FLAC or APE, etc. There are already numerous comparisons online for this though, and you can run these types of tests automatically.

so if file size follows that rule then if two formats are in the same bitrate would use the same space?if thats so then what is the real use of compresion?(it sounds kinda dumb but it eludes me) essentiela wouldnt all formats be the same?(dont hate me im just asking cause i dont usually make listening tests)

Q U A L I T Y

Y kbits of endxoder X might sound better then Z.

that why you are doing listening tests

remmber that we arenot talkign about bit perfect compression so chocie has to be made about discarding information. some encoder do this better then others